Jess Durrett 8/1/26 Jess Durrett 8/1/26

What Sending a Child to School Asks of Families

Jess Durrett 7/20/26 Jess Durrett 7/20/26

I Didn't Change Her. I Saw Her.

I know I can always go to you when I face any difficulties.

Jess Durrett 7/1/26 Jess Durrett 7/1/26

The Most Impactful Investment a School Can Make is Intentional Family Education

One of the things I have learned across nineteen years of working with schools is that families are almost always more receptive than we expect. What looks like resistance is usually a family that does not yet have the context to understand what they are being asked to consider, which is something a school can build intentionally before the hard conversation starts.

Jess Durrett 6/1/26 Jess Durrett 6/1/26

Teachers Are Also Learners

I know what it feels like to be the teacher in the room, to have worked twelve hour days and still feel behind, to be observed and not know what the observer will comment, and to care deeply about children you cannot quite reach.

Jess Durrett 5/3/26 Jess Durrett 5/3/26

Developmental Classroom Observations

Jess Durrett 4/21/26 Jess Durrett 4/21/26

Getting Comfortable Not Knowing: The Case for Emergent Learning

Jess Durrett 4/6/26 Jess Durrett 4/6/26

Admissions Is the Beginning of Understanding

Admissions is an important piece for any private school, and the lens that is used can have a major impact on finding the right match for a school and child.

This is the first post in a series that runs through the end of this school-year and into the next that captures my philosophy on what a school can be.